Harman Kardon AVR 635 Owner's Manual page 30

SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
usethe ,/I,, NavigationButton _ to change
thesetting. N otethatonlythe speaker p ositions t hat
havebeensetto L AR GE or S MA L L in the
SPEAKER SETUP menu,asshownon
page27, maybeadjusted. Theappearance o f
threedashes nextto a speaker p osition h place
ofa distance setting indicates t hatyouhavenot
configured a n active speaker f orthatlocation.
When the delaylqme torall speaker p ositions h as
beensetyoumayreturn to the manual s etupby
pressing the A/'v NavigationButton _ untilthe
• e, cursorispoin_ngtoBACK
TO MANUAL
SE T UP andthenpressing the Set Button qi_.
Howeveh i f youhavea digital v ideosourceor a digital
videodisplay thatcauses lackof lip syncyoumayuse
theAN Syncadjustfeature to delay the audiosignal
asit is sentto allchannels (asopposed to the individ-
ualsettings) so thatthe picture andsoundarebrought
backtogether. Werecommend t hatthisadjustment be
madeusingthedirectaccess controls on theremote,
asshownbelow. Thatenables youto seethe image
whilemaking theadjustment; however, youmayalso
adjustit hereusing the menusystem.
Toadjust theA!VSync delay, press theA/T Navigation
Button _ sothatthe .-) cumoris poinllng tothe
A/VSyncDelay lineon themenuandthenpress the
,/1_ NavigationButton _ to delay the sound
sufficiently sothatit matches t he on screen video.
Thedelaysettings maybe adjusted atanytimeusing
theremotecontrol a ndwhileviewing an on screen
image by pressing the DelaySelectButton _.
TheAN SyncDelaysettingisfirst,andit maybe
adjusted by pressing t he Set Button _ withinfive
seconds ofwhenthe A/V SYNC DELAY
message appears inthe on-screen display andthe
Lower DisplayLine _"1.Then, p ressthe _/1_
NavigationButton @ to enterthe desired delay
setting thatbrings thevideoandsoundbackinsync.
Press the Set Button _ againto enterthe setting.
NotethattheA/V Syncdelaysettingisunique to each
videoinputsource, so youmayentera different s et
ringto compensate f orthedifferences b etween any
product a ttached t o the different i nputs.
Tochange oneof theindividual speaker p ositions
directly, pressthe SpeakerSelectButton @,
followed bythe A/T NavigationButton @ to
select t he desired posiSon a sthatname appears in the
on screen display andthe Lower DisplayLine _'_1.
When the nameof the speaker p osiSon t o be adjusted
appears pressthe Set Button _ within5 seconds.
Press the _/1_ NavigationButton @ to enterthe
desired delaysetting forthatspeaker a ndthenpress
the Set Button _ to enterthe setting. TheA/T
NavigationButton _ maybe usedto select
another p osition, o r youmaysimply wait5 seconds
forthe system to timeout and_etum to normal
operation.
Whenallchanges to theDelaysettings havebeen
madepressthe A/'v" NavigationButton _ until
the cursorisonthe BACK TO MANUAL
SE T U P menuandthenpressing theSet Button
sothatyoumaymakeanyotheradjustments to
the system parameters. Ifthe changes j ustmadecom
pletethemanual a djustments needed, p ressthe OSD
Button _ to exitthe menusystem andresume
normal s ystem operation.
Output LevelAdjustment
Output l evel a djustment isa keypartof theconfigura
tionof anysurround soundproduct. I tis particularly
important fora digitalreceiver s uchastheAVB635,
ascorrect o utputs ensurethatyouhearsoundtracks
withthe properdirectionality andintensity.
In mostcases, y ouwill notneedto makeany
adjustments to the outputlevel, a sthesettings
madebyrunning EzSeVEQ a reasaccurate asthose
mademanuaMy. However, youareableto usethe
CH AN NE L AD d U St menuto trimthesettings
to suityourpersonal pTeferences or to configure the
system so thattheoutputsettings aredifferent t rom
oneinputsource to anotheT. Theabilityto makeindi
vidual o utputleveladjuslments o na pepinput b asis is
useful t ot Msteners whomaypleferdifferent s ettings
forthe subwoofer or an individual channel g roupsuch
asthetrentspeakers w henplaying musical selections
viathe CDinputasopposed to themoviesoundtracks
morefrequently usedwiththe DVD input. T hismenu
alsoallowsyouto adjust t he outputlevelsusing
external s ources suchasa testdiscor otherprogram
material thatyouuseasa standard, rather t hanthe
system's testtone.
IMPORTANT N OTE: L isteners a re oftenconfused
aboutthe operation of thesun-ound c hannels. While
someassume thatsoundshouldalwaysbecoming
tromeachspeaker, m ostof the timetherewill be little
or nosoundin thesurroundchannels. Thisis because
theyareonlyusedwhena moviedirector or sound
mixerspecifically p laces soundthereto createambi
ence, a specialeffector to continue actionfromthe
trontof the roomto the rear. W henthe outputlevels
areproperly set, it is normal f orsurroundspeakers
to operateonlyoccasionally. Artificially increasing the
volume to the rearspeakers maydestroythe illusion
of an enveloping sound fieldthatduplicates the way
youhear s ound ina movie theater o r concert hall. e ven
whenmaking m anual adjustments.
Before beginning t heoutputlevel a djuslment process,
makecertain thatallspeaker c onnecllons h ave been
properly m ade. T hesystem volume should besetto the
level t hatyouwilluseduring a typical listening session.
Werecommend t hatEzSeVEQ b e usedwhen theAVR
isfimtinstalled t o establish t heinitial l evel s ettings.
Tomakeanychanges to thechannel outputsettings,
go to the CHANNEL
ADJUST
submenu
withinthe MA NU AL SE T U P Menu(Figure 16).
Todo this, f irstpressthe OSDButton _ sothatthe
MASTER MENU (Figure 1) appears. Next, p ress
the _,/T NavigationButton _ untilthe cursoris
on the MA NU AL SE T U P lineon the menuin
useandpresstheSet Button _. Whenthe
MAN UA L SE T U P menuis shown, p ressthe
A/T NavigationButton _ againunSl t he cursor
isonthe CHANNEL ADJUST lineandpress
the Set Button _ to viewthe CH ANN E L
A D J US T menu(Figure 20).
CHANNEL ADJUST
FL : 0 dB SBR: 0 dB
dEN: 0 dB SBL: 0 dB
FB : 0 dB SL : 0 dB
SB : 0
dB
SUB: 0
dB
TEST TONE : AUTO _ MAN
LEVEL RESET: _ ON
LEVEL TBIM:
EZSET SETTINGS: _ ON
BACK TO MANUAL SETUP
F_gure 20
Toprovide the maximum flexibility, channel outputlevel
adjustments maybe madeeitherwithor withoutthe
internal testtone, a ndwhenthetoneis inuseit may
be programmed to automatically circulata a mongthe
ac_vechannels o r to onlymovefromonechannel to
the nexton yourcommand. Whenthe CHA NN EL
A D d US T menufirstappears we recommend t hat
youalways runthetesttoneoncetheautomatic mode
to verifythatthe speakers h avebeenproperly con
nected. Todothis,pressthe A/T Navigation
Button @ againuntilthecursoris on the T ES T
T 0 NE lineandthenpressthe_/I,, Navigation
Button @ untilA UT 0 is inhighlighted v ideo. T his
will cause the testtoneto circulate amongall of the
channels forfiveseconds ateachposition.
Asthe testtonecirculates, the cursorwillflashand
movenextto eachposition to indicate where the tone
shouldbe coming from.Ifthetoneis coming froma
different s peaker t hanthe oneindicated onthe menu
screen turnthe AVR 635 off using the MainPower
Switch [] andcheckthe speaker w iringor connec-
tionsto external p oweramplifiers t o makecertain that
eachspeaker i s connected t o the correct o utputtar
minal. W hen you haveverified thatall speakers a re
connected to the correct o utput t erminal, t urnthe
AVB635 backon andreturn to thismenu to resume